3.0.0 2261 2023-01-13T04:49:05Z 2023-01-13T04:49:05Z Senate S S 2006-02-08 109 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-08T23:13:46Z Pork-Barrel Reduction Act 109 2265 S 2006-02-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Related bill CRS 2006-02-08 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2006-02-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2006-02-09 False Congress Appropriations Congressional conference committees Congressional information resources Congressional voting Economics and Public Finance Federal aid programs Financial disclosure Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Internet Legislation Lobbying Members of Congress Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure Congress 00 2006-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-22T18:29:00Z Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006 - Amends rule XVI (Appropriations and Amendments to General Appropriations Bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit consideration of an appropriation bill unless: (1) a list of all earmarks in it, the names of the requestors, and a short justification for each earmark are available to all Members, and made available to the general public on the Internet, for at least 72 hours before its consideration; (2) all earmarks are contained in the text of the bill and not incorporated by reference or directed in the committee report; and (3) all earmarks are germane to the bill.

Permits waiver of such prohibition only by two-thirds of the Members.

Amends rule XXXVII (Conflict of Interest) to prohibit a Member of the Senate from: (1) advocating inclusion of an earmark in any bill or joint resolution (or its accompanying report) or in any conference report on such legislation (including an accompanying joint statement of managers) if the Member has a financial interest in the earmark; or (2) conditioning the inclusion of language to provide funding for an earmark in such legislation (or its accompanying report or joint statement of managers) on any vote cast by the Member in whose state the project will be carried out.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require a recipient of federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan to file a mandatory disclosure report containing: (1) the name of any registered lobbyist to whom the recipient paid money to lobby on behalf of such federal funding; and (2) the amount of money paid.




]]> Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006 Display Title Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006 Popular Titles Reform Earmarks Process bill 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2006-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2261is/xml/BILLS-109s2261is.xml 2006-02-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.